Rim for vehicle-wheels.



' No. 871,460. PATENTED NOV. 19,1907.

B. 1). VALENTINE.

RIM FOR VEHICLE WHEELS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.17, 1906.

PATENT oFEIoE.

ERNEST D. VALENTINE, OF AKRON, OHIO.

RIM FOR VEHICLE-WHEELS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 19, 1907.

Application filed August 17. 1906. Serial N0. 331.0%8.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ERNEST D. VALEN- TINE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Akron, in the county of Summit and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Rims ior Vehicle-Wheels, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to vehicle wheels provided with means for holding pneumatic, solid or cushion tires of elasticmaterial, more particularly pneumatic tires of the double tube-type, havin contractible, inextensible orsemi-inextensible bands or edges, and the object thereof is to so construct the wheel as to enablethe tire to be readily removed or ap lied when necessary.

The invention further aims to provide a wheel of the class referreo to, with a new and improved rim, hereinafter more specifically described, said rim being simple in construction, strong, durable, efficient in use, comaratively inexpensive to manufacture, read- 1ly applied to wheels, and so constructed as to render thetire readily removable therefrom when desired.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts constituting the invention to be hereinafter referred to and illustrated in the ac,- companying drawings which form a art of this s ecification in which is shownt e preferre embodiment of the invention, but it is to be understood that changes, variations and modifications can be resorted to which come within the scope of the claims hereunto appended.

In'the drawings, in which similar reference numerals indicate like parts in the difierent figures: Figure 1 is a perspective view of one part 'of my im roved rim; Fig. 2 is a similar" view of the ot er part of the same rim; and, Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view of a rim and tire portion of a wheel constructed in accordance with this invention.

Referring to the drawings, 1 denotes the folly of the wheel on which is mounted an annular member 2, provided with a flat under surface 3, which is mounted on the felly 1 and havin its u per part formed in accordance with t e we l-known clencher type of rim. The u per surface of the annular member 2 is rab eted, leaving a shoulder 4 from which the metal of the rim extends upwardly into the form already described.

The rabbeted portion of the annular member 2 is provided with a plurality of outwardly-extending fixed pins 5. Arranged to cooper ate with the annular member 2 1s a second member 6 having its outer surface formed in accordance with the well-known clencher type of rim, which is arranged to stand oppositely-disposed to the tire-engaging portion of t e member 2. This member 6 has a rabbeted under surface terminating in a shoulder 7.

In assemblin a rim of this type in position for use, therab eted portion of the member 6 is slipped sidewiseover the rabbeted por-, tion of the member 2 until it encounters the shoulder 4, and when this engagement has taken place, the shoulder 7 of the member 6 will engage the edge of the rabbeted portion of the member 2. In order to lock these two members into position when being assembled, the member 6 is provided with a plurality of slots 8, the number and position of which will correspond with the number and position of the pins- 5 on the member 2. These slots 8 are preferably made as shown in Fig. 1, consisting of an inclined portion tar-- minatingin a circumferenti ally arranged straight portion 9. These slots 8 and pins-5 are arranged to constitute a form of bayonet joint, so that when placim the member 6 on the member 2 the pins 5 will enter the slots 8,

and during their passage through the inclined bers 2 and 6 in operative engagement with each other, I insert through the felly 1, a pin 10, which is of suflicient length to pass through suitable openings in both members 2 and 6 and prevent their unintentional movement with respect to each other.

It will be apparent that as long as the pin 10 is in the position shown in Fig. 3, the members are absolutely locked against removal; and when it is desired to remove a tire mounted upon this rim, the pin 10 is removed, and the member 6 given a partial revolution until the pins 5 pass from en agement with the slots 8. After this has een accomplished, the tire is readily removed sidewise from its seat on the member 2 without straining or stretching in any manner theside edges thereof and any repairs thereto may be made or a newltire substituted. In

mountin 'a tire on this form of rim, the re-' verse of t e previously-described operation is carried out.

It will be entirely obvious that the upper. or tire-engaging portions of this rim may be altered so that anyform or t pe of tire may I be mounted thereon; and whi e I have shown a clencher type of rim for the purpose of illustration, I do not confine myself to this means for retaini a tire on this rim.

What'I c aim and desire to secure by Let ters Patent, is

A separable rim for vehicle tires compris ing as one of its elements an annular band of suitable width, provided along one side with tire-enga ing means and further provided with a re 'atively wide shallow rabbet in its outer surface, a plurality of pins positioned within'said rabbet and extending outwardly therefrom a distance not exceeding the de th e of said rabbet, a. second element arrange to cooperate with said first element to constitute in connection therewith a, tire-retaining rim consisting of an annular band having a tire engaging means along one side with a rabbet 'cut in'its under face corresponding inv contour and size to the rabbet in said first Y able interlocking engagement therewith, and

a threaded pin arranged to engage in a threaded openingin said first element, said pin being provided with a projecting end arranged to enter an opening appropriately positioned in said second element w ereby said elements are secured against unintentional dislodgment In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ERNEST D. VALENTINE. Witnesses GUS C. MAss, O. E. HUMPHREY. 

